July 20, 2008
TRIATHLETE DROWNS IN HUDSON RIVER
A 32-year-old triathlete from Argentina drowned in the Hudson River this morning, marring the annual New York endurance race. The man had completed about 1,250 meters of swimming leg and...
DAMON READY TO RETURN AS DH
Johnny Damon couldn't talk his way into today's lineup, even as he made it clear to manager Joe Girardi that he's ready for a return, as the DH. "There is...
Box Office: Millions Flock to 'The Dark Knight,' But Not Our Beloved BW
They said it couldn't be done, but "The Dark Knight'' ended its opening weekend with an estimated $155.4 million, and the top 12 took in around $250 million, which is...
FAVORITES STRUGGLE AT BIRKDALE
By MARK CANNIZZARO SOUTHPORT, England - Phil Mickelson left yet another British Open quietly and well out of contention today, closing out with a final-round 71 to finish 14-over. "I...
METS BEAT REDS TO MOVE ON TOP OF NL EAST
CINCINNATI - This is a sign the Mets are a hot team: They stranded 14 runners, made two errors, gave up three home runs and still won today's game. It...
PETTITTE DOMINATES AS YANKS SWEEP A'S
The Yankees received a huge boost from the GOP today, and it had nothing to do with John McCain's inclusion in the Stadium crowd. This GOP - Grand Old Pettitte...
9-YEAR-OLD GIRL HIT BY CAR
A second heartless hit-and-run crash in Brooklyn this weekend left a 9-year-old girl fighting for her life, cops said today. Little Nacirema Brown was hit at 8:47 p.m. Saturday as...
HARRINGTON WINS ANOTHER OPEN
SOUTHPORT, England - All week this looked like Greg Norman's British Open. Norman, with his stunning fountain-of-youth performance at age 53 positioning himself with a two-shot lead entering today's final...
'Horrible' ending
Dr. Horrible So today is your last chance to watch "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," the three-episode series from "Buffy"/"Angel" and "Firefly" creator Joss Whedon. The finale premiered yesterday -- what...
Liberty takes it outside
By MARC BERMANThe most unusual part of watching the Liberty and Fever make history outdoors Saturday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium was finding the scoreboard.No, there was no state-of-the-art scoreboard...
Liberty takes it outside
By MARC BERMANThe most unusual part of watching the Liberty and Fever make history outdoors Saturday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium was finding the scoreboard.No, there was no state-of-the-art scoreboard...
Game 99: Mets at Reds
After dropping two of the first three meetings at Great American Ballpark, the Mets try to salvage a tie in the series with Cincinnati today. Here's Jerry Manuel's lineup:J. Reyes...
Miss at your own risk: 'Soup's' on
Highlights for the week of July 20The kids stay in the show"High School Musical: Get in the Picture" starts tonight. If there's a safe, quiet room in the house, you...
BLOG WATCH
Oil's well Ed Morrissey at hotair.com notices a spectacular cause and effect: More oil means lower prices. "The Bush administration didn't waste much time after its lifting of the executive...
CHESS
DURING their Colom bian hostage agony, chess was a way of defeating despair for three American kidnap victims - just as it has in several other celebrated cases. Marc Gonsalves,...
BRIDGE
A NEW player had joined our club - a life master who fancied himself a fine technician. He was playing in a duplicate game with Cy the Cynic and became...
SERB MA PUT HEAT ON ENVOY
SERB MA PUT HEAT ON ENVOYA Serb diplomat whose office helped a hulking basketball player flee upstate assault charges had bowed to pressure from the brute's politically well-connected mother to...
A CON IN HERO'S GARB
Nigerian e-mail scammers are preying on the patriotism of Americans by posing as US Marines. A con artist using the name Capt. Cole Morgan has flooded inboxes with e-mails in...
MIDDLE EAST MINEFIELD FOR BARACK
It's not going to be all rousing cheers and adoring accolades. Barack Obama's diplomatic skills will get a real workout this week as he wraps up his congressional fact-finding in...
BIG DAY FOR 'KNIGHT'
"The Dark Knight" already broke one box office record - and is on track for the highest-grossing opening weekend of all time. Heath Ledger's eerie portrayal as the psychotic Joker...
'NET HINT OF HILL 2012
Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential dream isn't entirely gone - she and her backers are laying groundwork for possible future campaigns. Former Clinton advisers have reserved the Web address HRC2012.com. HRC2012.com...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * A 17-year-old was found slain in Bedford-Stuyvesant. A 911 call reporting gunfire at 7:30 p.m. Friday directed cops to Myrtle Avenue near Throop Avenue, where they found the...
KABBALAH PARKING PARADISE
Mayor Bloomberg's crackdown on city-issued parking permits doesn't apply to the celebrity-studded Midtown Kabbalah Centre - even as police, firefighters and teachers are having their parking passes yanked. The spiritual...
GIULIANI'S 'LANDING' A NEW BIZ
Rudy Giuliani, fresh off of a run for the Republican presidential nomination, is tackling another, perhaps even more difficult challenge: Real estate. His Giuliani Partners firm is creating a fund...
NJ MAYOR SHORE LIKES 'BENNY' $$
It's all about the Bennys, baby. The foot-in-mouth mayor of Belmar, NJ, Ken Pringle, yesterday apologized to beach-lovin' guidos and bottle blondes and what he called "Bennys" - a slightly...
MTA GUNSLINGER TAKES TOUGH TOLL
Beware what you say to that testy toll taker - he has a gun! Last summer, a toll worker pulled his MTA Bridges and Tunnels-issued Glock 9mm pistol on a...
B'KLYN BOY, 11, KILLED IN HIT-RUN HORROR
An 11-year-old Brooklyn boy was killed by a hit-run driver early yesterday, cops and his family said. Three cars were racing down a Flatbush street as Rondell Grant Jr. was...
NEW SNAFU AT B'KLYN 'LEFT TO DIE' HOSP
The family of a Brooklyn man who died at Kings County Hospital Center says the staff misidentified him - despite repeated pleas to fix the goof - and sent him...
DESPERATE SWIM TO SAVE PAL
Swamped by huge waves churned up by a hurricane, Carla Armaza desperately swam out to save her pal from being dragged out to sea. But the force of the surf...
FBI 'BIG SHOTS' LEFT OUT
Undercover FBI agents assigned to security detail at Billy Joel's final Shea Stadium concert were left in the lurch Friday night when NYPD officers working the star-studded show inexplicably denied...
ONE GEM OF A GARBAGE HAUL FOR SI COUPLE
The city's trash was this man's treasure. A Staten Island jeweler found his wife's $20,000 diamond earrings, which had been inadvertently tossed in the trash, after digging through a mound...
BRUNO RIDING OFF INTO HIS SUNSET
ALBANY - Having resigned as Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno calls former Gov. Eliot Spitzer "demented" and contends Gov. Paterson will be "very difficult" to defeat. Bruno, 79, the almost...
'BORDELLO' BOSS A BIG BLOWHARD
The slovenly owner of an illegal Midtown strip club busted for offering its wealthy, white-collar customers sexual favors often booked the VIP room for himself and treated employees badly, sources...
BEEPS' BIG SIS-BOOM-BUCKS
One has three drivers, a speechwriter and a writer of proclamations - like the one presented to Ms. Full-Figured USA 2005. Another has a "secretary to the assistant to the...
MY GIRL DIED AS 'GUINEA PIG' FOR GARDASIL
She loved SpaghettiO's, pepperoni, lilies, listening to her iPod and making her pals laugh. In her senior yearbook, she wrote, "The best things in life aren't things, they're friends." Now...
SI MAN DROWNS IN UPSTATE RIVER SWIM
A college student from Staten Island enjoying a camping trip upstate drowned while trying to cross the Delaware River, authorities said yesterday. Salvatore Valenziano Jr., 20, was swimming with four...
'STRANGE' PAL LINK TO SLAIN ATT'Y
A lawyer gunned down in bed alongside his wife had a curiously entangled relationship with a shady business partner he called a friend but also represented in various legal matters,...
A-ROD AND HIS FLA. PARTY PALS
Bronx Bomber Alex Rodriguez partied with not one, but two of the other women in his life - brawny stripper Joslyn Morse and buff gal pal Alicia Marie - at...
THE MEMBER-ABILIA AMONG US
Treasure-troves of "member-abilia" - Napoleon's privates, Einstein's eyeballs and other morbid collectibles - are being kept under lock and key, prized like family heirlooms, right in our own back yard....
2ND VID CATCHES COP-SLAY SUSPECT'S GUARDED TRYST
Yet another tape has surfaced showing Rikers Island Correction Officer Kadessha Mulgrav in a questionable position with accused cop killer Lee Woods. Video surveillance shows Mulgrav, 34, standing before Woods'...
CLUB CRUD IS BACK
A young woman sat on the sidewalk down the street from one of the eight nightclubs on far West 27th Street, leaning against a wall, clinging to a bottle of...
RUN ON THE BANK
The number of Americans filing for bankruptcy is rising sharply, proving that recent legal reforms are not working, according to a recent report. "The bankruptcy rates are back on the...
LEHMANS LAMENT
Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld may have earned himself a temporary reprieve from the onslaught of bad news buffeting his firm and it just might offer him enough time to...
FED AS REPO-MAN
Dear John: I would love for you to explain how repos work. TyDear Ty: "Repos" stand for repurchase agreements. When the Federal Reserve wants to add liquidity to the monetary...
CARPET-BOMBING VIDEOS
MTV is taking the concept of heavy rotation to another level. As part of its new FNMTV programming initiative, the network is now airing clips it exclusively premieres at least...
CHECK-INS OPTING OUT OF PAY-PER VIEW SHOWS
Just like the booze in a mini-bar, renting a recently aired TV show in a hotel room is a pricey proposition. But unlike the $8 can of Budweiser, spending $4.99...
ANGELO'S ASHES BURNED US
On July 24, 2007, then-Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo jumped onto a conference call announcing the second-quarter results of his company, the largest mortgage provider in the US with a...
SHORTS GET SHORT SHRIFT
IT'S an unusual and hum bling experience for US investors to have to look to Pakistan for a lesson in capitalism. But this week provided such an opportunity and it's...
OFFICIALS MISSED INDYMAC RED FLAGS
The main regulator responsible for overseeing IndyMac Bank missed at least three chances over the past two years to reel in the failed lender, according to a report. Amid the...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERSJAMIE DIMON JPMorgan head beats second-quarter profit estimates, breathing life into financial stocks.MAYOR BLOOMBERG Merrill's sale of its 20% stake in his information company pegs its value near $40B.JOHN DONAHOE...
COMPTROLLER HOPEFULS ARE FINE $$ FRIENDS
THE 2009 race for comp troller is shaping up as the most competitive in years, but developer Peter Fine is almost certain to line up with the winner - because...
'CELEBRITY' KABBALAH GOD COMPLEX
THE kabbalah of A-Rod and Madonna, of the gossip columns, is far from synonymous with the theosophical doctrines developed under that name (kabbalah literally means "received tradition") by Jewish mystics...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Talk about causing a giant stink! Huge chunks of rotting sperm whale were scattered on Oahu island after they toppled off a tractor-trailer carrying a 12-ton carcass to Hawaii Pacific...
GAGS FOR GUIDES
Joan Rivers is hilarious, but true to the "tears of a clown" legend, the comic has experienced her share of sadness. Still, she manages to turn her own unhappiness into...
WASH & FOLD
Richard Brookhiser cites George Washington for his "outside the box" method for picking his Cabinet members but neglects to shed light on the ever-so-burdensome Hamilton/Jefferson rivalry he encouraged ("George's Advice...
CHIP THEM!
If the marvels of technology can locate a lost dog 850 miles away and five years missing, how come we never know where our legislators are and what they are...
GOOD MEDICINE
Scott Gottlieb's article about the Medicare bill that Congress passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority plays fast and loose with the truth ("Washington's Health Wars," PostOpinion, July 10). Gottlieb has...
JERSEY BOYS
Is this a politician with a case of bad judgment? There seems to be an epidemic these days ("SI-Bashing Pol a Real Beach Bum," July 17). Or is this just...
UN-ISRAELI
Israel releases a known murderer to a hero's welcome in Beirut while all Israel receives in return are the dead bodies of two soldiers ("Monsters' Ball," July 17). The swap...
AN IRAQI'S SECOND LIFE
"Alsarmady Eel" is the name used in the online world of Second Life by an arts professor who lives in Babylon, Iraq. Last year he joined Second Life because he...
TREADMILL TO OBLIVION
Most New Yorkers have yet to feel the brunt of the nation's economic woes. Bad home loans and foreclosures are more common out west, and the weakness of the dollar...
RUN OUT ON A RAIL
Ask around onboard almost any Amtrak train, and you'll get a pretty short list of reasons why people ride the rails. In the café car, chugging along one of the...
SHORTER WORK WEEK? 10-4
On Friday, Aug. 8, 17,000 government employees in the state of Utah will have the day off. Jealous? How about now: Those same employees will have every Friday off for...
JOEL VS. SPRINGSTEEN
It does not happen often, but once in a while the urge comes upon me: I want to rock. So I went to see Billy Joel at Shea Stadium. Also,...
ESCAPE TO NEW YORK
Want to get us out of what's looking like a capital "R" Recession? Defibrillate the suburbs - if you can. The tenets of suburban life are the oxygen in the...
A look inside David Carr's memoir, 'Night of the Gun'
In Minneapolis, David Carr was notorious -- both as a brilliant reporter and a self-destructive drug addict. But not only did he clean up his life, he quickly rose to...
"GOVERNMENT PIRATES"
"June 23, 2005 was a very dark day in our nation's history," Don Corace writes at the beginning of his new jeremiad defending property rights against rapacious government buttinskis. That...
"ERNIE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY"
Veteran character actor Ernest Borgnine has a reputation of being one of nicest guys in Hollywood, and nothing in his memoir "Ernie" will dispel the notion. Though he won an...
"TIGER, TIGER "
Galaxy Craze's exquisite new novel keeps you glancing at the author pic on the jacket: a strawberry-blonde beauty with a slightly pained expression, as if she were seeing the world...
REQUIRED READING
My Incredibly Wonderful, Miserable Life by Adam Nimoy (Pocket Books) Adam Nimoy says it was tough winning an argument with his famous father. "Have you ever argued with a guy...
"LIFE WITH MY SISTER MADONNA "
Shock value - miming masturbation on stage, posing on a cross, kissing Britney - is what made Madonna famous and is keeping her there, thanks to A-Rod, as she's approaching...
IN MY LIBRARY: LAURIE ANDERSON
Voracious! That's how Laurie Anderson - performance artist, love of Lou Reed's life - describes her reading habits. "I'm just a complete bookworm," the ethereal violinist/poet/composer tells The Post's Barbara...
"NEVER SURRENDER"
During my time as a regular officer in the US Army, I met many men that personify "an officer and a gentleman" - soldiers of integrity, honesty and modesty. There...
"BLACK AND WHITE AND DEAD ALL OVER"
Former Timesman John Darnton's spritely mystery "Black and White and Dead All Over" is not about the death of a newspaper, even in these trying times for the publishing industry....
DENVER'S HIGH-CLASS HOMELESS
That must be some classy set of street people out in Denver. Officials in most places with vagrancy problems must wrestle with issues like drug abuse and mental illness. Apparently...
RANDI STEPS UP
Randi Weingarten has gone to Washington. The long-serving president of New York City's powerful teachers' union was tapped last week to lead the 1.4 million-member American Federation of Teachers -...
LINE FORMS HERE
When the Jets arrive en masse for the opening of training camp this week, they'll hardly look like a team coming off a 4-12 season trudging into the heat of...
LIBS MAKE HERSTORY
The red digital readout on Academy Tour Bus No. 1718 flashed 4:59 p.m. when the driver shifted into gear and the Liberty began a historic journey. Photo Gallery There was...
HEY JOE! MOVE UP CANO, TAKE MITT FROM POSADA
THE Yankees got away with one yesterday. You know, like being in college, not finishing your term paper, and walking into class only to find the teacher absent. They walked...
DAMON: PUT ME IN JOE, I'M READY TO PLAY
Johnny Damon liked the way he felt during batting practice yesterday and later pronounced himself fit to be activated from the disabled list today. Too bad it's not his call....
JOBA GETS ROBBA'D
It took six batters for Joba Chamberlain to pitch himself and the Yankees into trouble in the fifth inning yesterday. It took the young right-hander just two pitches to get...
POSADA CATCHING A REAL CATCH-22
Jorge Posada probably was happy to be behind the plate yesterday - even if he didn't get to spend the whole game there. Posada exited the Yankees' 4-3, 12-inning victory...
MOLINA TAKES ONE FOR TEAM
When all else fails, become a potted plant and take one for the team. After 4 hours, 45 minutes of sweaty ineptitude by both lineups yesterday, Jose Molina had the...
STAR BOOING A CRASS ACT
* Congratulations, New York fans, you have proven to the world what arrogant idiots you are. Instead of cheering on every American League athlete in order to gain home-field advantage,...
25 BEST YANKEE STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 10
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadium. This week, No. 10.Oct. 4,...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH MICHAEL STRAHAN
The Post's Steve Serby caught up with the recently retired Giants defensive end, who will now suit up on the "FOX NFL Sunday" pregame show. Q: You retired; Jeremy Shockey's...
CHAMPING AT THE BIT
Never before have the Giants arrived on the campus of the University at Albany as Super Bowl champions, and they've been heading upstate for training camp since 1996. As the...
DON'T LET 'CANE KICK YER BOAT
THOUGH Bertha is now just a storm heading toward the North Atlantic and no threat to land, I'm starting to think we are overdue to be hit. This could be...
A BRIDGE TO 4
ALREADY there have been small protests, pockets of organized anger sprouting up all over the state of Wisconsin. Already there have been letter-writing campaigns designed to clog of the letter...
NORMAN DEFIES ODDS, AGE IN BID FOR TITLE
SOUTHPORT, England - When former tennis great Chris Evert woke up next to her husband of a month, Greg Norman, yesterday morning, she immediately sensed a difference in his demeanor...
LEAVING NOW, BUT LONG GONE
THERE was a lot going on around here last week, thus when Billy Packer, after 28 years, left CBS on what seemed to be on business-like, room-temperature mutual terms, a...
BATMAN GIVES HAND TO OWNERS
YOUR fantasy league trade deadline likely is approaching faster than the Dark Knight on the batpod. If you're trailing in the standings, you might need to make a deal worse...
SLATS' HEAD-SCRATCHING SUMMER
ALL right. Here are the questions. Some of them, at least. A limited no-trade clause on top of $39M over six years to get Wade Redden to sign, a full...
FIRE FORCES SHUTDOWN OF BELMONT GRANDSTAND
NYRA Nation was forced temporarily to evacuate Belmont Park yesterday morning because of transformer fire, second one in nine days. Track re-opened at 11:15 a.m. and first post went off...
WELCOME BUCK TO THE OLD SPA
Sound the call to post: This Wednesday at 1 p.m., the gates will spring open at the hallowed upstate track, while the summertime crowd joins track announcer Tom Durkin to...
CURTIS CLIMBS INTO THE HUNT
SOUTHPORT, England - The round of the day belonged to 2003 British Open winner Ben Curtis, who made the turn in 3-under and finished with an even-par 70. That left...
WILY SHARK MAKES THEM FORGET TIGER
SOUTHPORT, England - Was anybody wondering where Tiger Woods was this week? How about the concern that the 137th British Open at Royal Birkdale, the first major championship since 1996...
HONDO'S FLUTTERING
Hondo had a no-play yesterday because, contrary to the 411 in the Pitching Form, Duchscherer (or Chsch, for short) failed to ascend the hill for the Ath letics. That left...
BIG M PACE A WORK OF 'ART'
The hottest thing at the Meadowlands last night wasn't the weather. It was Art Official, who captured the $1.1 million Meadowlands Pace in a world-record 1:47. Trained by Joe Seekman...
THE RUMBLE
Giving back to Bobby Special Murcer memorial on River Ave. A very special service to honor their hero Bobby Murcer was held Monday in the lot next to the bowling...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Favre remains mum Brett Favre stuck to the script, declining to address his public rift with the Packers in an appearance at Lambeau Field yesterday. In town to present...
UNKNOWN CONTENDER LIVING OUT HIS DREAM
SOUTHPORT, England - The accidental tourist near the top of the British Open leaderboard entering today's final round is an English chap named Simon Wakefield. Wakefield, who tied for the...
BECKHAM SHOW... KNOT!
When Galaxy star David Beckham made his first MLS start last August, the Red Bulls pulled out a nine-goal thriller in front of 66,237 that many call the greatest game...
BULLS CAN USE A GUY LIKE THIS
SO FAR, so good, says David Beckham, human cash machine for Major League Soccer, which is hoping someday to be truly major league soccer. "One of the reasons I moved...
LEE: KNICKS ARE HEADED RIGHT WAY
Knick forward David Lee, a name in every trade rumor that involves The Franchise Isiah Ravaged, acknowledged he doesn't know his future in New York. But Lee already sees positive...
PEDRO PUSH-BACK
CINCINNATI - Pedro Martinez rejoined the Mets yesterday, but don't expect to see him on the mound before the end of the week. Martinez threw 33 pitches in the bullpen...
25 BEST SHEA STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 10
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Shea. This week, No. 10.Oct. 8, 1973...
METS ON THE TAKE
CINCINNATI - The Reds celebrated their Hall of Fame last night, but it was the Met batters who looked like they belonged in a museum. Three times Met hitters stood...
DOOLING TO JOIN NEW-LOOK NETS
Any program from a Nets' game this past season already is horribly dated. And it's going to get worse within a few days when Keyon Dooling is added after a...
GET YOUR GAME ON
Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii $40; Logitech.com Many users downloaded the Opera Web browser from the Wii online store when it was first released, but relatively few are still using...
Q&A STEPHEN REA
Irish actor saddles up onstage with a dead horse and on-screen, puts aside rivalries to play an Englishman Americans can joke all we want about Europeans and their, well, untaxing...
WEB SLINGER
Western Spaghetti YouTube.com/PESfilm Stop-motion master PES (a k a Adam Pesapane) delivers another tour de force with this utterly inventive depiction of a home-cooked meal. Ingredients include candy corn, Post-It...
AGENDA
A pig roasts in Brooklyn; liars get the last laugh; rock out on the streets of the LES; funnyman Will Ferrell has a new 'Step Brother'; and, diets be damned,...
BY GEORGE, HE'S BACK!
Last month, George Michael performed in Los Angeles for the first time in 20 years. A sold-out crowd gave him a hero's welcome - and a cake. It was his...
BUDDY GUY SHOWS 'SKIN'
Guitar legend Buddy Guy redefined Chicago blues in the '50, smashed the mold with his distinctive Chess Records work of the '60s and inspired blues-rock greats such as Jeff Beck,...
THE TRUTH IS NOT OUT THERE
The guiding principle of "The X-Files" was always that "the truth is out there." But when it comes to the new film based on the series, out Friday, the truth...
NEW ROLE FOR THE ZIEGFELD
THE New York Film Festival has a new, temporary home. Most of the prestigious event usually un reels at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, but it is shut for renovations....
HEY, MR. 'SPACED' MAN
You know you've got yourself one crazy comedy when a man who plays video games suddenly finds himself shooting real zombies and a woman breaks up with her boyfriend while...
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
HIGH SCHOOL survival tip No. 1: If you are low on the social totem pole, do not forward a topless photo of yourself to the best guy friend of the...
'WATCHMEN' IS UNVEILED WITH 'THE DARK KNIGHT'
THINK MOVIE FANS are geeking out over "The Dark Knight"? Wait'll they see the first trailer for "Watchmen" , director Zack Snyder's faithful adaptation of what is widely considered the...
'TV FUNHOUSE': KIDDIE SHOWS TURNED SICK
ROBERT SMIGEL has created an entire career lampooning the TV shows of his youth. His "Saturday TV Funhouse" clips on "SNL" launched cult favorites such as "The Ambiguously Gay Duo,"...
BUENO BITES
Mercadito Cantina 172 Ave. B; (212) 388-1750 A fantastic selection of authentic Mexican tacos and fresh fruit margaritas put Mercadito on the map with its first two locations. And now...
PROOF POSITIVE
Castries Peanut Butter Cream FOR a nation that buys as much peanut butter as we do, it's surprising we don't look for that same rich, nutty flavor in our mixed...
VITACCO, 39, AND BONIFACIO, 35
June 7 - Angela Vitacco and Joseph Bonifacio III found love on the high seas. when the groom, an architect and associate with KG&D Architects, proposed during the couple's Caribbean...
GULI, 30, AND NERI, 43
May 23 - Joy Marie Guli really had something to be thankful for when her boyfriend of eight years, Salvatore Neri, proposed on Thanksgiving weekend three years ago. The bride,...
PUSHKAR, 37, AND BARROW, 38
Pushkar, 37, and Barrow, 38 June 21 - It was breaking news when Katherine Pushkar and Eric Barrow tied the knot. The bride, the features editor at the New York...
SHIL, 31, AND SAKOVICH, 25
June 7 - Love couldn't come soon enough for Liliya Sakovich and Mark Shil. When a friend set the Brooklyn duo up on a blind date for dinner, neither could...
MEET MARKET
Alyson, a 28-year-old client service associate at a hedge fund, has a serious passion for travel. She's covered Australia, Thailand, Cambodia and more, and now she's looking for a guy...
PASTRY-LOVIN' PALS
Mark, a 38-year-old musician, hoped to strike the right note with Melissa, 34, a public relations account supervisor. Even though the duo enjoyed their dinner at downtown brasserie Steak Frites,...
EMBRACED BY A REAL LOVE GURU
Super Preppy and I are leaning into Amma, the "hugging saint" who's come to visit New York all the way from India - receiving a blessing as a couple. Wearing...
The Red Bulls' next step? Forward.
Red Bulls interested in ex-Dynamo Franco Caraccio By BRIAN LEWISAfter a hideous performance by Oscar Echeverry in the Red Bulls’ 2-2 tie with the Galaxy _ a draw that could...
Dane Richards has hip flexor
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bull winger Dane Richards suffered a hip flexor strain in their 2-2 tie with the Galaxy. The team has given no timetable on how much time he...
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES
It took 10 months for Heidi Fleiss to tell a documentary film crew she'd had enough, but the filmmakers half expected her to boot them from the very beginning. "When...
REEL GOOD
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)Tuesday, 1 a.m, TCMBased on Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," Francis Ford Coppola's brilliant, controversial and sometimes crazy Vietnam War epic tells the story of a U.S. Special...
VINTAGE JOEL CONCERT RESURFACES
Fans who are still raving about Billy Joel's triumphant Shea Stadium concerts last week can keep the momentum going by tuning into a rare early British television concert on Channel...
PRIMETIME
Interesting, how some big-time crackpots are widely and immediately identified, ridiculed and scorned as just that - flaming crackpots. Jerry Falwell, the TV evangelist who died last year, comes to...
MR. MAYOR
Though all but unknown in America, with his two actor brothers, actress mother and director father Demian Bichir's family is so ubiquitous in theatre and film back in their native...
COPYCAT 'WIPEOUT'
Whatever you do, do not compare the sadistic ABC game show "Wipeout" to any one of those sadistic Japanese game shows that it resembles so closely, especially those that have...
'SCHOOL' DAZE
When the 12 finalists on ABC's new reality romp, "High School Musical: Get In The Picture," found out that they were going to meet the real stars of the Disney...
DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: DRAMA Coming home Denise's (Catherine Bell) son Jeremy (Richard Bryant) returns to Fort Marshall for the first time since his ex-girlfriend Amanda's death. Joan (Wendy Davis) and Roland (Sterling...
NETWORKS ARE DINOSAURS IN THE SUMMER
Once again, the summer belongs to cable. While AMC gets ready for a new season of "Mad Men" and TNT presents new seasons of "The Closer" and "Saving Grace," NBC...